DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. MM -M- AFTER FOUR YEARS IN ARCTIC, EXPLORER AND PARTY RE TURNS. DISCOVERS NO CROCKERLAND Land Reported by Perry Said by MacMlllan to Have Been Result of Mirage Learned of World War from Eskimos. Wtitrn Xemtptptr Union New Srlce. Sydney, N. S. Donald MacMlllan's nrctic exploration expedition arrived horo on tho rollof steamer Neptune after four years spent lnf the polar regions. MacMlllan, who was ono of Hear Admiral Peary's Houtenai.tn on his successful dash for tho North Pole, confirmed provlous dispatches from him that thoro was no Crockerland, such as had boon reported by Peary. Peary's mistake was duo to a mir- ago so real that tho MacMlllan party J had bcon deceived by it for four days, ho said. Tho llrat objective of tho MacMlllan expedition, which was organized undor tho auspices of tho American Museum of Natural History and tho Amorican Geographical society, with the co operation of tho University of Illinois, was to prove or disprove tho existence of Poary's Crockorland, which has Leon a prolific sourco of dispute among geographers and scientists. Tho noxt purposo of .tho expedition was to conduct a survey of tho Grco land ice cap. . Whllo MacMlllan llld not deny that he hud inado some dlscovorlos, he was ?otlccnt concerning them, saying he was undor orders to report to the museum of natural history in Now York. TO LOWER SUGAR PRICES. Beet Manufacturers Voluntarily Agree to Reduco prices. Washington, D. C An agreement by tho country's boot sugar produc ers to limit tho prlco of their product so as to offect a reduction of about lj4 cents a pound in tho present price of sugar wuh announced by tho food administration, with assurances to tho public that this should mean a saving of $30,000,000 botweon now and tho first of noxt year'. It also was an nounced that tho wholesale jrocor had agrood to limit distribution chargos to provout exorbitant charges, In tho noar futuro tho administra tion will stato tho price at which wholesales sugar should, be dollvorcd at largo consuming centers. Tho beet sugar prlco flxod is tho equivalent ot $7.25, cano sugar basis, f. o. b. sea port refining ports. "In reoponso to a rcquots from tho food administration," said tho admin istration statomont, "representatives of 80 per cont of tho domostic boot mgar industry of tho Unltod Statos have beon In conferonce with tho food administration in Washington during the past weok. As a result of this couforenco thoso beet sugar produc ers reached tho agreomont to limit their price to a basis that will niuko posslblo tho $30,000,000 saving to tho public. Home Guards Practice. Washington, D. C Rifle shots echoed through the subterranean pass ngeways of tho capltol when tho Washington homo rlflos, a branch of tho Homo Defense leaguo, opened a practico range In a corridor which Is said to havo boon closod slnco tho civil war, whon troops wore quartered In It. Special permission of congress was obtained. Many capltol employes are tnombors of the organization, Haines Lad Acquitted. Brookvnlo, Pa. Ernest Ilaluos. a boy of Id, convicted and sentenced to tho electric chair for tho murdor of his father, William Hainos, but who was granted n now trial at tho request of Gov Brumbaugh a few days boforo tho Bontenco was to bo executed, has boon freod. After deliberating nlnoty and one-halt hours a Jury in tho re trial of tho case found Haines not sullty. (Scourge No Longer Feared. Washington, D. C. Infantllo paraly sis OB a nation wido or statowlda scourffo Is no longer feared this yoar by tho public health sorvlco. In a report of conditions tho sorvlco atatcs "that in no locality Is nn outbroafc of any slzo or one that scorns likoly to develop into a serious epidemic " Tleup of Subway. Now York. A shortago of conl was glvon to tho pollcu as tho reason for tho comploto tleup of tho subway sys tem of Manhattan Railroads, It was said, failed to dollvcr coal 1 1 tho pow er house becauso of congestion of tholr lines by troops and government war supplies German Expert Arrested, llalllmoro. Md -GothoUl Prusso. German submnrlno export who camn to Baltimore on tho first trip of tho merchant uuhmarlne OeutHchlaud, wns arrested hero on luo chargo of enter ing barred zouoi without a permit. Reploglo Accepts Place. Now York. J Loumud Itoploglo, head of the Wharton Stoal company hern, has been askod to tnko 'charge of steel buylmj for tho United states Kovcrnmont ard Its allies, and ha-", ac cepted tho appointment PROF. WILLIAM M'CLELLAN V&ast?'- 7 r-.- w.1 Prof. William McClellan, dean of the school of finance of the University of Pennsylvania, Is the head of a bureau In Washington which has supplied 5, 000 college men to the government for war work. The organization Is known as the Intercollegiate Intelligence bu reau. It Is In touch with colleges and universities throughout the country, and can furnish the government with the right man for the right place, al most every time. BIG FRENCH VICTORY CAPTURE GERMAN TRENCHES ON ELEVEN-MILE FRONT. Penetrate Enemy's Lino to Depth of Ono Mile and Quarter and Take 4,000 Prisoners. PnriH, Aug. 22. A smashing French victory on the Verdun front Is record ed In the ofilclal report Issued on Mon day by the war oillco. The French have captured the enemy defenses on both sides of the Meuso over u front of more than eleven miles, penetrating the German lines at divers points to a depth of a mile und a quarter. Moro than 4,000 unwounded German prlson rrs huvo been taken. The Temps says that In one hour anil twenty minutes after the French Infantry advanced to the attack ul Verdun the objective hail been at tnlncd and German prisoners were go ing to the rear. In n dispatch from Bar-Le-Duc tho Temps says: "Tho last pnnso of the artillery prep aration for tho French attack In tho Verdun region ended at 4:40 o'clock In the morning. Our troops assault ed betwcQii Avocourt wood and Bezon viiux. By bIx o'clock our first objec tive had been attained and German prisoners wcro going to tho rear. No adjectives can (jive an Idea of tho In fernal action of tho artillery, which lasted three days. III11 304, Dcnd Man's hill and Tulourldge were plowed up completely by our tire. Tho enemy was obliged to abandon his first line, but our attacking columns with undiminished spirit puRsed from trench to trench, reducing all living combat ants to submission. Our aviators sig nalled our advance. It was tragic and overwhelming." ' SAVE DAIRY GOODS; HOOVER Food Director Says Waste In Milk and Butter Must Be Pre- vented. Washington, Aug. 23. -Warning thnt conservation of dairy products must bo not only a war measure but must bo carried on after the war was given on Tuesday by tho food administration. "The world's dairy supplies are de creasing rapidly," says the statement "Even our own dairy supplies are not keeping pneo with our growth of popu lation. Yet today we must ship In creasing amounts of dairy products to our allies. "Tho people must realize the vital dependence of the well-being of their children nnd thus of the nation upon tho encouragement nnd upbuilding of tho Industry. Wo must save the wastes In milk nnd butter If wo nro to provide milk supplies nt nil, especially Includ ing tho children of the crowded dis tricts of the cities." INDIANA MAN HEADS G. A. R. Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Elected at Boston Encampment No Other Candidates. Boston, Aug. 25. Orlando A. So mers of Kokomo, Intl.. was 'elected on Thursday commander In chief of the Grand Army of this Republic at tho closing session of tho annual encamp ment. Food Teachings Days Named. Washington, Aug. 25. The food ad ministration has designated August! 28, 20 and 30 as educational days, when public speakers throughout the country will disseminate Iiifnrumlluu on food conservation. Chicago Flllti Draft Quota. Chicago, Aug. 25. Chicago 1ms com pleted Its draft quota. Although the city's quota Is only 21.0S2, the exemp tion board have accepted 2.1,073. Of tho S3.83S examined, 1G.S35 wore re jected, nnd 42.8S3 claimed exemption. mimmMiMm't.ii v. w... .. U. S. GUNNERS L05I AMERICANS BELIEVED ABOARD U-BOAT DE8TROYED BY FRENCH WARSHIP. TANKER FOUGHT TO THE LAST Survivors of the Campana Reach Port on Warship and Tell of Des- perate Fight With German Submarine. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 24. Five U. S. navy gunners as well as the Im prisoned captain of the Standard Oil tanker Campana may have died in the submarine U-2, which sank the vessel, according to Third Olllcor J. LI. Bruce, who, with 40 members of the ships crew and eight of the gun crow, ar rived here on u French steamship. It had been feared that tho five naval gunners, captured when the Campana was sunk, would be treated by the Ger mans as pirates (as threatened) and executed with short shrift. However, according to the story brought by the survivors, a French war vessel sent to the bottom a Ger man dive, whlchmny have been the ono that sank the Campana, in a brief time after It had put an end to the Campana and nt about the same spot, without taking anyone off. Tho Campana, It seems, fought off the U-boat until Its ummunltlon was exhausted. ' One hundred and eighty shots were fired by tho tunker, against 400 by the diver, two of which hit. The battle began at 5 a. m. and was wnged for four hours at a range of between 7,300 and 7,r00 yards. fc After the Cumpnna hoisted the in ternational signnl of surrender, Its last shell gone, tho submurine continued to Ore, Mr. Hrucc said, and nil hands took to tho boats. The U-boat commander first ap proached the boat commanded by Mr. Bruce, which had aboard tho Cam pann's 13 naval gunners, and ordered It alongside, lie then went to the life boat occupied by Capt. Albert Oliver of the Campana, and took him prisoner with five of the gunners. Bruce and his men were rescued bj n French warship. The warship took them aboard and landed them In Frnnce. Mr. Bruce said he wns told by nn officer of the war vessel that he hnd heard a wire less message from another French cruiser, saying that It hnd sunk n Ger man submarine In the vicinity of the place where the Cumpnna had been sunk. DRAFT MEN SENT TO PRISON Dr. Samuel Bernard and Louis Cherry of New York Plead Guilty and Get Two Years. New York, Aug. 22. Dr. Samuel J. It. Berngcld nnd Louis Cherry, former members of local exemption bourd No. 09 of New York, wero sentenced on Monday to two years In tho federal penitentiary nt Atlanta on charges of conspiracy to violate the selective draft law. The two former exemption board members when brought Into court changed their pleas of "not guilty" to "guilty" nnd wero Immediately sen tenced. Kalman Grubcr, who Is alleged to have been a "go-between" for tho board members nnd those seeking ex emptions, stood by his plea of "not guilty" and demanded a Jury trial. 20 SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK Slight Increase in Number of British Vessels Destroyed by Get man Submarines. London, Aug. 21. Submarine figures took u slight upward tilt Inst week, compared with thoso of the previous seven days, during which there wns n decided falling off In U-bnat sea casual ties. According to tho official state ment Issued on Wednesday, 15 British vessels of more than 1.C00 tons were mink and three vessels of less than 1,000 tons, In addition to two fishing vessels, as compared with 14 largo Vessels the previous week, two small Vessels nnd tbreo fishermen. 11 KILLED IN RAID ON DOVER Ten German Airplanes Attack Kent ' After Dirigible Attempt on York srlre Two Shot Down. London, Aug. 24. Eleven persons hvero killed nnd thirteen injured nt Dover on Weduesday in a rhld by ten (German airplanes a few hours after nn attempted raid by German airships joff tho Yorkshire coast on tho North Mm. Two of the enemy machines In (Kent wero brought down. None of .UIU..1 BUUIIII.VI n uu mm: hi iii'.ll'l.uiu inland. Tho raiders also dropped .bombs over Mnrgate and Rnmsgate (after attacking Dover. ) American Consul Attacked. Odessa, Aug. 25. During a mani festation here a member of tho bol shcvikl attacked American Consul Ray und knocked oft his hat. The police intervened In defense of tho consul nud the disturbers disappeared. Peace Conference Postponed. London, Aug. 25. Officials of the labor party received word from Stock holm that the International socialistic pence conference, which was to havo opened In that city on September 0, 1ms been postponed. BRIG. GEN. PEYTON MARCH tjfftJfi&,i,,4-..rte,t;rstt4,?, Brig. Gen. Peyton March Is chief of artillery for all the American forces In France. Every type of American ordnance Is under his command. CAN'T YIELD ALSACE GERMANY CONSIDERS POPE'8 PEACE PROPOSALS. Declares Foes Must Speak First Great Britain's Reply Is Handed Papal Secretary. Copenhagen, Aug. 23. At a meet ing of the main committee of tho relehstng Chancellor Michaells was ex pected to declare the pope's peace note In general accord with the Gorman gov ernment's peace proposal of Decem ber 12, 101G, and the recent rclchstag resolution on the same subject, nnd therefore, to be sympnthetlcally re ceived In Germany. Germany, however, cannot discuss details and In no clrcumstnnces can It enter Into a discussion of the status of Alsace-Lorraine ns a part of the Ger man empire. The chancellor, accord ing to this forecast, will say that a9 Germany has enrller Indicated Its do sire to make peace, tho first word must come from the other side. A meeting of the bundesrath's com mittee on foreign affairs had been called for Monday in Berlin under tho chairmanship of the Bavarian premier, Count Hertllng, to discuss the situa tion created by the pope's note nnd to approve the lines of Chancellor Mich aells' speech to the relehstng commit tee. Rome, Aug. 23. The reply of tho" British government to the peace note of Pope Benedict wns handed to Car dinal Gasparrl, the papal secretary of state, by tho British minister. Tho reply says tho pope's note will be ex amined in a benevolent and serious spirit SENDING MAIL TO SOLDIERS How Letters for the Boys In the tlonal Army Camps Should Be Addressed. Na- Washington, Aug. 23. Before long several thousand young men will bo in the various cantonment camps of tho National army, and their relatives and other friends will wish to wrlto to them. In order to expedite tho de livery of their mall nnd give the' boys the best service possible, tho post ofllco officials Instruct their correspondents, If they know In advance tho company and regiment to which the soldier is assigned, to nddress mall according to this snmple: PRIVATE JOHN JONES, A Company, First Infnutry, Camp Dodge, Iowa. If the compnny nnd regiment ara not known, tho mail should be nd dressed thus: PRIVATE JOHN JONES, of Minnesota, Camp Dodge, Iowa. When all troops are organized tho mall for each man will be distributed direct to ,hls company and regiment. Until then it will be delivered through his state section. LINER DEVONIAN IS SUNK Leyland Steamship of 10,436 Tons Tor- pedoed by German Submarines Left U. 8. July 28. Boston, Aug. 25. The Leyland liner Devonian, which left an Atlantic port on July 2S, has been sunk presumably by n German submarine. Officers of the line confirmed tho report that the vessel was lost, but stated that they hnd received no word as to the safety : i,i whj i:ii;i. The Devonlhn, a vessel of 10,435 tons gross, was built In Belfast in IfiOO. Crops Call German Girls., Berne, Aug. 25. Numerous German? girls employed in Switzerland ns nurses received an ofilclal call to re turn home for harvest work. Others now In Germany nro prevented from returning for the same reason. To Fix Price of Sugar. Washington, Aug. 25. Investigation of sugar costs production as a basis for price fixing Is under way at the food administration. Hope of l wer prices to tho American housewife Is A held out JjJJX.A-.w'.fci. - A HARRY A. GARFIELD, HEAD OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE, NAMED AS ADMINISTRATOR. JOBBERS' PROFITS SLASHED Executive's New Proclamation on Fuel .Expected to Knock Off 31 a Ton in Cost to the Consumer Rates Effective Sept 1. Washington, Aug. 25. Prices of an thracite coal were fixed In a state ment Issued on Thursday by President Wilson nndllarry A. Garfield, president of Williams college, was named coal administrator. Tho anthracite prices, effective Sep tember 1, rnngo from $4 to ?5 per ton (2,240 pounds) f. o. b. mines. Jobbers are ullowed to add a profit of not more thnn 20 cents per ton for deliveries east of Buffalo and of not more thun 80 cents west of BufTulo. The Jobbers' profit on bituminous is limited to 15 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds, wherever delivered. The nnthraclte coal price scale be comes effective on September 1. Tho bituminous scale, announced on Tues day, goes into effect nt once, accord ing to n telegram sent by Joseph Tu multy, secretary to the president, to E. X Wallace of tho St Louis Coal club. Limitation of Jobbers' profits Is ex pected to have a greater effect toward reducing the price of anthracite conl to householders than the fixing of the prices nt the mines. 9 The following prices are fixed: Whlto ash. Red ash. Lykens. Vulcan $-1.65 M.75 tf.OO EBB 4.45 4.6o 4.D0 Stovo 4.70 , 4.90 CM Chestnut 4.80 4.90 6.30 Pea 4.00 4.10 4.35 DISASTER FOR RUSS FEARED Riga, Gateway to Petrograd, Rumored In Hands of Hlndenburg U. S. to Aid Slavs at Once. Washington, Aug. 25. Riga, the gateway tfi Petrograd, is In peril from the Germans, if it has not already fallen Into the hands of Hlndenburg's men. The rumor of the fall of the Bal tic seuport was current in Wnshlng- ton all day Thursday. Our stato de partment denies that It has received any confirmation of the story and tho Russian embassy Is ns noncommittal, but there have been conferences all day about some untoward happening in Russia, and the Indication of Ger man aggression In the Riga section is generally taken to bd the reason for them. " The United States government has decided to meet every demand upon It by the Russian government. A series of conference participated In by mem bers of. the president's cabinet and Russian Ambassador Bakhmetieff re sulted in a cablegram being sent to the Moscow conference that "nil la well." A huge loan nnd assurance of imme diate supplies to Russia were among tho things ugreed upon. RIOTING NEGROES KILL 12 Resentment Against Presence Black3 Breaks Out at Houston lllinoisans on Guard. of Houston, Tex., Aug. 25. Twelve white men, civilians, police officers nnd National Guardsmen, wcro killed atid more than a score of persons wounded In the outbreak of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Unltod Stutes In fantry on Thursday night. It is not known how many negroes are dead. Capt. J. W. Mattes, Battery A, Sec ond Illinois Field nrtillery, was among the dead, being killed when he tried to remonstrate with tho negro soldiers who were running rampant Streets near the negroes' camp wero turned literally into a shambles. Ne groes armed with army rifles fired lu dlscrlmlnntely Into crowds of white people, shot up the white residents' houses nnd passed on to vent their hate on other". RICH TAXED 75 MILLION MORE Senate Adopts Amendment to the War Revenue Bill by Vote of 35 to 33, Washington, Aug. 24. Seventy-five million dollars moro tax was laid upon wealth. By a voto of 88 to 81 tho sen ate on Wednesday adopted tho Lenroot amendments Imposing much higher taxes upon Indlvdual Incomes than tho senate finance committee planned. An hour enrller 74 senators without oppo sition had .accepted the radical Gerry amendments. These taxed incomes of more than half n million dollars 35 per cent, more than three-quarters of a mil lion 45 per cent and more than a mil lion 50 ner cent. The final addition of $75,000,000 to the war revenue bill was n combination of tho Lenroot nnd Gerry amendments. ' 2,250,000 Iron Crosses. Amsterdam, Aug. 21. A more ex tensive distribution of iron crosses Is, being urged by Deputy Marquardt of1 tho German rclchstag. The kaiser has announced that 2,250,000 -crosses of tho second class hnvo been awarded. No Smoking In Streets. Amsterdam, Aug. 21. According to Die Morgen Po.it tho police In Gor nany Intend to jrohlblt smoking In' the streets, In vU-w of the decline of tobacco stocks. The prohibition will be extended to all of Germany, GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE Tho stato traveling library is buying no Gorman bo'oks for circulation. The library has 18,000 books subject to distribution throughout tho stato. Tho covcrnment crop report for August shows an increase in ovory line of grain production in tho state, except in winter wheat, tho slump in. which was enormous. Tho Nebraska council of defonso, upon tho urgent request of the national council, has issued n statement regard ing tho necessity of gasollno conser vation, and asks support of tho move ment to savo gasollno. Stato Superintendent Clommons has gono to Washington to attend a couforenco of officials on a systematic plan for developing vocational aduca tlon in tho .pubHc schools. About COO Nebraska veterans nro expected to attend tho Vicksburg reunion, October 16 to 20. The last legislature appropriated $20,000 to. send Vtjieiaus from this stato to tho celebration. Tho board of assessment has fixed! the state tax rate at S.48 mills, an ln crooso of 2.38 mills over last year's, lovy, and which Is expocted to ralso a rovenuo of about four and a half mil Hon dollars. State Firo Commissioner Rldgell has sent out a circular to school boards of tho stato calling attention, to tho law regarding firo oscapes, and. urging that pupils bo put through a. firo drill at least once each month. In a statomont Just glvon out, tho Nebraska stato council of defense for mally approves tho organization or resorvo militia companies and home guards in tho different counties of then state and explains their purposes. Tho First Nebraska Field Hospltat company, ono of tho four out of over u. hundred hospital units that wero in sorvlco on tho Mexican border, is the first unit of the N. N. G. selected to accompany tho militia armies to France. Lincoln county has filod a claim, against the stato on tho ground that when tho assessment was returned,, tho county clerk made a wrong foot ing of the total assossed valuation, and that tho remittance of stato taxes was based on the incorrect figures. Tho Stato Council of Dofense Is or ganizing an army of boys for tho pur pose of placing Nebraska's corn crop in crib by Christmas. Paul McKeo, of tho state Y. M. C. A. will start at once rocruitihg boys from over tho state, working in conjunction with schools,, county councils, university extension and other sources. Stato Food Commissioner Otto Mur schel is informing members of tho legislature that his seed department iff now prepared to test wheat, oats and' nlfalfa seed'for farmers freo of chargo to farmers. It is deemefl Important that farmers ascertain 'the gorminat Ing qualities of winter wheat before they sow in tho fall. Training in telegraphy for signal corps work In the United States army will bo given by Nebraska university,, commencing September 1, in accord ance with plans agreed upon by tho board of regents and tho chiof signal officer of the central war department. Tho courso at Nebraska university will bo open to 100 students to begin with. By failing to renew tholr licenses boforo tho new hotel inspection law became affective July 24, ,some of tho "Biggest hotels in Nebraska will be Jailed upon to pay the state from $10 to $40 apiece for tho privilege or oporatlng during tho next year, whero thoy could havo taken ou!t permits for another year at tho old rate of $2 aploce, had thoy done so boforo tho? date mentioned. H. P. Lotton, newly nppolnted sanl tary engineer for the reorganized stato health department, has a com mission as captain in tho engineer section of tho officers' reserve corps for tho United States army, and he is likoly to bo called into service nt any time. Ho Joined tho reserve some tlr ago, before taking his present posi tion. Ho was then In the employ of the federal health bureau. The state fair managers will repeat this yoar ono of tho now departments undertaken for tho first time last fall That is, tho free, expert advice for frail, deformed and defective children. j Last year tho matter was not well ndvortlsed through tho state, an only a fow parents entered babies in tho "Help Wanted" class. But the&o fow seemed to bo well pleased with tho careful examinations given by tho children's specialist, and the plain, sonslblo directions for improving their condition. Attorney General Reed has advised Chief of Police Dunn at Omaha that a carload of liquor now being held at Omaha may bo shipped to a destination dosignatod by tho ar department, for uso In m'litary hospitals or for other war purposes. T'o consignment wan seized by tho Omaha pollco and would otherwise hs destroyed. It is the attorney general's opinion that tho fchipmont to a point In somo other statewould come undor federal rathor than stato laws, and if tho wr flnnnrf tnoTit rstnuacta ft tn lia ntnil lift- does not think any federal ngmcy ft'ould attempt prosecution. r f 1 ) 4 yj